Former Montreal police officer Stéfanie Trudeau should not serve any jail time for assaulting a civilian during a heated arrest four years ago, the Crown and the defence agreed at her sentencing hearing on Tuesday.

Trudeau, who became known by her badge number as “Agent 728,” was found guilty of assault in February for using excessive force while arresting a man in a Plateau-Mont-Royal apartment in 2012.

At the Montreal courthouse on Tuesday, Crown prosecutor Jean-Simon Larouche asked for a 12-month suspended sentence with 60 hours of community work.

Larouche argued that Trudeau hasn’t shown any remorse or acknowledged guilt in the four years since, and cited jurisprudence showing that police officers convicted of similar offences usually do. (Trudeau is appealing the guilty verdict).

“In this case, those are words that will probably never be heard,” Larouche said. “And definitely not today.”

Larouche noted the case’s “extremely negative impact” on the public’s trust in police officers. He also brought up that the Quebec Police Ethics Committee has penalized Trudeau for a separate incident in 2012, in which she admitted to grabbing a man’s earphones from his head and throwing them to the ground.

Trudeau, 44, sat in the front row with her arms and legs crossed for most of the hearing, shaking her head at some of Larouche’s arguments.

Defence lawyer Jean-Pierre Rancourt, for his part, asked for either an absolute or conditional discharge, meaning that Trudeau would be left without a criminal record despite being found guilty.

The defence argued that Trudeau has already paid enough for the crime. She lost her dream job — she had wanted to be a police officer since riding in her father’s patrol car as a child — and her relationship has been suffering because of the stress brought on by intense media coverage.

Former Montreal Police officer Stéfanie Trudeau follows her lawyer from the courtroom following her sentencing hearing at the Palais de Justice in Montreal on Tuesday, May 24, 2016.

Rancourt noted that there were no serious injuries reported from the assault. He also filed exhibits showing that Trudeau often travels to the United States with her young children and has been taking courses to become a private security guard — two things that could be compromised if she doesn’t receive a discharge.

Quebec Court Judge Daniel Bédard said he’s having a hard time deciding who kept the media coverage going that the defence argues ruined Trudeau’s life. Initial media reports started when videos of Trudeau’s policing went viral, but Trudeau later chose to appear on numerous radio shows, gave television interviews and, last year, wrote a book about her experience.

“For two years, my client never spoke,” Rancourt responded, raising his voice. “She only talked because it never stopped. She didn’t initiate it, she only tried to justify herself.”

Former Montreal Police officer Stéfanie Trudeau leaves the Palais de Justice in Montreal on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, following her sentencing hearing.

Trudeau was a supervising constable with the Montreal police in October 2012 when she approached a man holding an open bottle of beer on a public sidewalk. The situation degenerated, with Trudeau chasing the man’s friend, 52-year-old Serge Lavoie, up a stairway to arrest him for obstruction.

In what Bédard has described as “brutal and dangerous,” Trudeau dragged Lavoie downward and pinned his face into the bottom of the steps. The confrontation was recorded on a cellphone.

Lavoie testified during the trial that he thought he was going to die when his mouth and nose were pinned against a step. He had called Trudeau a “fat cow” before the incident happened.

Trudeau had been caught on camera the previous May, pepper-spraying several students who were protesting against proposed tuition hikes. The video went viral and led to her being known by her badge number.

In the October 2012 case, she was charged, and convicted, of assault as a summary offence instead of an indictable offence, so the maximum sentence she could receive is six months in prison.